Anti-Muslim
Crusaders Make Millions Spreading Fear by Bob Smietana, published in
the Tennessean.Com, Oct. 24, 2010. This is part one of a Pulitzer
quality expose of the merchants of bigotry who are making millions
generating
anti-Muslim hatred in the US.

Anti-Semitism and
Islamophobia an on-line book that is a collection of articles by a
variety of Jewish and Muslim authors, this was first
published in The Palestine-Israel
Journal. It is about time that people started pointing out the
similarities of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

Where are the voices of the Moderate Muslim Majority? Where are Moderate Muslim Voices? Here they are:Resources
for Countering Islamophobia, Anti-Islamic Hysteria, and Polemics
against Muslims Now that
anti-Muslim hatred is becoming increasingly acceptable and demonizing
lies about Islam are routinely taken as truth, anyone who does not want
to see the condition of Muslims in America turn into that of the
Japanese in the US during WWII or even that of Jews in Nazi Germany
should carefully read the numerous articles at this link compiled by
Sheila Musaji
at The American Muslim. See also Islamophobia A-Z (actually separated into two
parts) Islamophobia A-L; and Islamophobia L-Z.

The Arabic word islam literally means surrender,
implying surrender to God. And a muslim, literally, is one who is
surrendering; more specifically, one who is surrendering to God. Muslims
believe both that islam is the quintessence of the spiritual impulse
present in the earliest humans and that, as "Islam," it is the name of
the religious form revealed by God to Muhammad beginning in the year 610
CE. Those who follow this particular religion are called Muslims.

At the core of this website are short introductory essays
on various aspects of Islam containing numerous annotated links. Regarded
by scholars as the most comprehensive academic website on Islam, this website
was nominated as one of top five websites worldwide in the category of
"spirituality" for the year 2002 Webby
Awards, (link fixed, Nov. 2004) which are the equivalent of
the Oscars for websites.
Among the other nominees in "spirituality" were the Vatican's website and
Beliefnet (a commercial interfaith website that won the award). The Webby
nominees and winners are selected by members of the International Academy
of Digital Arts and Sciences. For a discussion of the Webbys and this website
see And
the Winner is ... Islam or the Vatican? in the Athens Banner-Herald,
June 16, 2002.
.

This Webby nominated Islam and Islamic Studies website also touches on the areas of Arabic
and Religion (focusing on Western
religions). It is particularly intended to be of use for non-Muslim and Muslim
students and teachers at all levels as well for members of
the general public who wish to get a non-polemical
and non-sectarian view of Islam and the diverse perspectives of
Muslims (including
Sunni Islam, Shi'ism, and Sufism, et al.) and to a lesser extent
of
Judaism and Christianity.

You can send me email at "godlas" followed directly by the "at" sign, i.e. the little
circle around the "a"; then "uga" [dot] "edu" (without the quotation marks). This
indirect way of stating my email
address is designed to diminish the huge amounts of spam that I receive. If you don't
hear from me, email me again. If you still don't hear from me, email me at
my department, with "mail for Dr. Godlas" in the subject line, at "religion", the "at"
sign, "uga" [dot] "edu". Please
inform me of any broken links.

For Qur'an recitations, translations in many languages,
and complete
resources in Arabic for Qur'anic Studies, go to (i.e. click on)

Muslims,
Islam, and IraqA unique website focusing on Islam in modern Iraq and on the major
Muslim groups in Iraq: Arab Shi'ites, Arab Sunnis, and Kurds.

PBS Presents: Muhammad,
Legacy of a Prophet: The Life Story of the Man Who Lives
in the Hearts and Minds of American Muslims. To date, simply the best
film for gaining an understanding of mainstream Islam in the US.

Islam:
A PrimerHarvard professor Roy Mottahedeh's lecture on Islam
to a group of distinguished American journalists--the link includes extensive
discussion. Jay Tolson, of US News & World Report, contributed a short
essay as well. Sponsored by the Ethics and Public Policy Center (Washington,
D.C.). The seminar took place in January 2002 but this was posted on September
8, 2002.

Talking
With Churches About Islamby Professor John Kaltner, an expert on the comparative study of the
Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, who spent many years affiliated with the Catholic
Maryknoll Society.

Islam:
A Mosaic not a Monolith by Vartan Gregorian, Ph.D., the
President of the Carnegie Corporation. This lengthy and detailed
essay, written sometime after Sept. 11, 2001, is a survey of
Islamic history, culminating in an excellent
overview of the major issues facing Islam today. It became a published
book (2003) that at least one reviewer Prof.
Michael B. Schub ( Middle East Quarterly, Winter, 2005) has
criticized.

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Previously, readers' remarks have resulted in valuable changes to the website. Please
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Note that the vast majority of religion sites on the Web are
established
by committed believers. Although this presents certain problems (one of
which is the variable quality of the material), its virtue is that the
discourse of believers is directly accessible to students of
religion. The articles linked on this site have been written both by
Muslim and non-Muslim scholars as well as informed believers. Of course,
the views expressed in the links connected to
this site are not necessarily the views of Dr. Godlas or the University of
Georgia.

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